Mack Blanta
@sabertoothsmith.bsky.social
Software Engineer • Kung Fu enjoyer • Visual Artist • Political Philosophy Student
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A fun project I worked on in my early career was tracking DDoS attacks. A lot of DDoS attacks come from infected IoT devices. But most IoT devices use ramdisks, meaning any modifications to the main filesystem gets erased upon reboot, removing the malware along with it. 1/?
March 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A fun project I worked on in my early career was tracking DDoS attacks. A lot of DDoS attacks come from infected IoT devices. But most IoT devices use ramdisks, meaning any modifications to the main filesystem gets erased upon reboot, removing the malware along with it. 1/?
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Want to read a book but can’t afford to buy it?
❌ don’t pirate/steal it
✅ join your local library and borrow the book for FREE.
If the library doesn’t have the book you want, ask if they can buy it.
You get to read.
Authors get paid.
Libraries stay open.
✨ Triple win ✨
#BookSky #Library
❌ don’t pirate/steal it
✅ join your local library and borrow the book for FREE.
If the library doesn’t have the book you want, ask if they can buy it.
You get to read.
Authors get paid.
Libraries stay open.
✨ Triple win ✨
#BookSky #Library
March 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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UFC is making billionaires. It's just that none of them are athletes.
So TKO is so big, Ari alone is a billionaire and other execs make hundreds of millions… but how much did UFC fighter pay increase again?
Also crazy how fighters have been begging on TV for that same $50K bonus the last 20 years.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Also crazy how fighters have been begging on TV for that same $50K bonus the last 20 years.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Ari Emanuel Officially Becomes a Billionaire
The Endeavor CEO has seen his net worth skyrocket over the last year as the value of WWE and UFC owner TKO Group has doubled in value.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
UFC is making billionaires. It's just that none of them are athletes.
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This. But also I will, again, beat the drum here.... Game Design IS narrative. The game mechanics ARE the story.
Learning game design isn't diluting your narrative skills, it's sharpening them! How do you convey that feeling of loss to the player as they wander the open world? Make. That. Answer.
Learning game design isn't diluting your narrative skills, it's sharpening them! How do you convey that feeling of loss to the player as they wander the open world? Make. That. Answer.
This. Where I'm at, we have an about 10 to 1 ratio of game design to narrative design jobs.
Going a bit wider with your skill set is only going to help future you. I know it has helped me a bunch!
Going a bit wider with your skill set is only going to help future you. I know it has helped me a bunch!
with the bioware layoffs that’s more narrative people looking for work. there are currently like three jobs in narrative design. if you’re just starting out you should definitely learn literally anything else
January 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This. But also I will, again, beat the drum here.... Game Design IS narrative. The game mechanics ARE the story.
Learning game design isn't diluting your narrative skills, it's sharpening them! How do you convey that feeling of loss to the player as they wander the open world? Make. That. Answer.
Learning game design isn't diluting your narrative skills, it's sharpening them! How do you convey that feeling of loss to the player as they wander the open world? Make. That. Answer.
Capitalism is cooked
January 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Capitalism is cooked
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Corporations are becoming more powerful than nation states, U.S. intelligence admits
Big Brother Becomes Little Brother
Corporations are the new nation state, U.S. intelligence admits
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Corporations are becoming more powerful than nation states, U.S. intelligence admits
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Start your own website. Run your own blog. Use decentralized and open-sourced platforms
@ghost.org is a great open-sourced blogging platform and website builder
Pixelfed is doing great work for images and runs on the social web
Support open social projects so your homes on the web don't fall apart
@ghost.org is a great open-sourced blogging platform and website builder
Pixelfed is doing great work for images and runs on the social web
Support open social projects so your homes on the web don't fall apart
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Start your own website. Run your own blog. Use decentralized and open-sourced platforms
@ghost.org is a great open-sourced blogging platform and website builder
Pixelfed is doing great work for images and runs on the social web
Support open social projects so your homes on the web don't fall apart
@ghost.org is a great open-sourced blogging platform and website builder
Pixelfed is doing great work for images and runs on the social web
Support open social projects so your homes on the web don't fall apart
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We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!
Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.
Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.
January 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!
Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.
Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.
Disney and South Park were my intro to musicals
A YouTuber referred to Disney Renaissance movies as musicals and this was jarring to here, BUT has everyone thought of it this way? or am I the odd one out here
January 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Disney and South Park were my intro to musicals
TikTok was down for like 12 hours lol
January 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
TikTok was down for like 12 hours lol
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lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.
January 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.
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Doctors Without Borders says the agreement, set to take effect at 8:30 am local time Sunday, “arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late.”
truthout.org/articles/isr...
truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel Continues to Bomb Gaza Even as Cabinet Approves Ceasefire Deal
The Israeli military has killed over 100 more Palestinians since negotiators announced the agreement on Wednesday.
truthout.org
January 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Doctors Without Borders says the agreement, set to take effect at 8:30 am local time Sunday, “arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late.”
truthout.org/articles/isr...
truthout.org/articles/isr...
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I know there’s a lot going on right now, but please don’t end up revealing your location when sharing footage of the fires. People are still unfortunately looking for any opportunity to catch you slipping, even in the middle of an emergency.
January 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I know there’s a lot going on right now, but please don’t end up revealing your location when sharing footage of the fires. People are still unfortunately looking for any opportunity to catch you slipping, even in the middle of an emergency.
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I always wanted MMA to hit it mainstream and then it did, but in ways I never imagined and now I kinda regret wanting those things. I’ll take a smaller, very niche sport, thanks.
We wanted to understand the economic rationale for buying Greenland. So we talked to three unvaccinated UFC fans at a Jersey Mike's in Toms River.
January 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I always wanted MMA to hit it mainstream and then it did, but in ways I never imagined and now I kinda regret wanting those things. I’ll take a smaller, very niche sport, thanks.
Prince of Persia: Sands of time
December 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Prince of Persia: Sands of time
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do you hear what I hear? www.404media.co/ai-generated...
Nothing Is Sacred: AI Generated Slop Has Come for Christmas Music
AI-generated Christmas classics that dwell in the uncanny valley are giving listeners the creeps.
www.404media.co
December 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
do you hear what I hear? www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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Aight man I am about 95% convinced that they are aware of the meme because COME THE FUCK ON
December 26, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Aight man I am about 95% convinced that they are aware of the meme because COME THE FUCK ON
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As a historian i can tell you there is plenty of evidence. Like, there were wars about this. They have books written about them. Straight up, are you freebasing comfrmation bias over there or something?
Yet fascism is at its strongest right now, so no, there is no evidence to suggests killing fascists defeats fascists.
December 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
As a historian i can tell you there is plenty of evidence. Like, there were wars about this. They have books written about them. Straight up, are you freebasing comfrmation bias over there or something?
Mariah was like y’all not gon have me outside on Christmas here’s this video
December 25, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Mariah was like y’all not gon have me outside on Christmas here’s this video
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UFC fighters understand their own labor predicament and how to meaningfully improve it challenge (impossible)
December 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
UFC fighters understand their own labor predicament and how to meaningfully improve it challenge (impossible)
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Hi! Just a reminder, I co-host a show on Breakthrough News called the China Report where we help you sort through all the propaganda:
➡️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
➡️You can also support me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/radiofreea...
➡️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
➡️You can also support me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/radiofreea...
The China Report - YouTube
Our understanding of China — and U.S.-China relations — has become a defining feature of all global politics. The China Report is a new show produced in coll...
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November 1, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Hi! Just a reminder, I co-host a show on Breakthrough News called the China Report where we help you sort through all the propaganda:
➡️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
➡️You can also support me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/radiofreea...
➡️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...
➡️You can also support me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/radiofreea...
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just monumental news: union majority at the most important chokepoint over amazon's fast shipping out west.
courageous marches on the boss against extreme heat and wildfire smoke helped amazon workers learn their power, and bring more into the fight.
courageous marches on the boss against extreme heat and wildfire smoke helped amazon workers learn their power, and bring more into the fight.
Workers at Amazon's largest air hub on the West Coast have announced that they have majority support for a union.
Inland Empire Amazon Workers United have declared that a majority of the workers in this crucial facility for the corporate giant are ready to join the Teamsters.
Inland Empire Amazon Workers United have declared that a majority of the workers in this crucial facility for the corporate giant are ready to join the Teamsters.
December 12, 2024 at 3:41 AM
just monumental news: union majority at the most important chokepoint over amazon's fast shipping out west.
courageous marches on the boss against extreme heat and wildfire smoke helped amazon workers learn their power, and bring more into the fight.
courageous marches on the boss against extreme heat and wildfire smoke helped amazon workers learn their power, and bring more into the fight.
Scarcity creates Demand
Рornhub is experiencing a huge increase in interest for 'tradwife' content, including searches for 'modesty' and 'mindfulness'
🔗 www.404media.co/pornhub-year...
🔗 www.404media.co/pornhub-year...
December 11, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Scarcity creates Demand